My testimony is not a hardship story. I was raised in a God fearing home that lived for the Lord. The Lord has never led me wrong. I have been stubborn on many occasions, every time telling myself next time I would listen first.

I was saved on April 15, 1984. I was baptized on May 6, 1984. I remember on the Sunday before I went down the isle that a little girl went down. I didn’t understand what she had done. Everyone was so happy & making a big deal over her. I had asked Jesus into my heart in Sunday School long before this. I didn’t know this was how it was made “official” so I asked my dad if I could go down. He said we would talk first so that I would understand for sure what I was doing. Since I was only 10 he wanted to be sure I was going down for the right reason. Of coarse I chirped up “I’ll be 11 in 3 months!” Later that week I asked my dad if we could talk about it. He told me in terms that I could understand what it meant. I told him I was ready. So we went to the church for me to talk to the pastor. The pastor and I talked about it. I still felt I was ready. He then asked me to place my name in John 3:16 instead of “the world”. So I did. It helped me to understand even better what I was deciding. I urge you to do the same. It will open your eyes a little more on just how powerful GOD’s love is.

“For GOD so loved Jeff Sims, that he gave is only begotten Son so that if Jeff Sims believes in Him Jeff Sims will not perish but have everlasting life.”

That was over 20 years ago & to this day I can still remember sitting in his office doing this.

I met my wife in church in 1996. I visited a church with a friend of mine because my boss was her Sunday School teacher. I went in order to mess around with my boss; he & I were pretty close. I noticed a girl in there. So I continued to go with my friend every couple of weeks until I learned a little more about her. I learned her name & gathered up enough nerve to ask her for her phone number. A little over a year later I asked her to marry me. We got married on August 1, 1998. The rest, as they say, is history.

I was always told aggravating people would get me in trouble. Well, it got me married. I went to aggravate my boss & met my wife. GOD works in mysterious ways. It was very important to me to meet a Christian woman to share my life with. He answered every prayer in his time. He even added a little extra. We were blessed with our son on January 27, 2004.

Keep GOD #1 & 1st in your life. Always remember things happen in HIS time, not ours. If you wait for GOD to answer your prayers he most certainly will. I can tell you from personal experience that HIS clock is worth waiting for.